Mariana of Austria

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Mariana of Austria
File:Marie-Anne d'Autriche, reine d'Espagne.jpg
1660 portrait by Velázquez.
Queen consort of Spain
Tenure 7 October 1649 – 17 September 1665
Queen Regent of the Kingdom
Tenure September 17 1665 – November 6 1675
Born (1634-12-24)24 December 1634
Wiener Neustadt, HRE
Died 16 May 1696(1696-05-16) (aged 61)
Palacio de los Concejos , Madrid, Spain
Spouse Philip IV of Spain
Issue Margaret Theresa, Holy Roman Empress
Infanta Maria Ambrosia
Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias
Charles II, King of Spain
Full name
Maria Anna
House Habsburgs of Austria (by birth)
Habsburgs of Spain (by marriage)
Father Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Maria Anna of Austria
Burial Pantheon of Kings at El Escorial
Religion Roman Catholic
File:Coat of Arms of Mariana of Austria, Queen Consort of Spain.svg

Mariana of Austria (Maria Anna; 24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696) was Queen of Spain from 1649 until her husband Philip IV died in 1665. She was appointed regent for their three-year-old son Charles II of Spain an due to his ill health remained an influential figure until her own death in 1696. Though baptised with the names "Maria Anna" she is best known by the Spanish variation of her name which is "Mariana"

Children[edit]

  1. Margarita Teresa of Austria, Infanta of Spain (12 July 1651 – 12 March 1673) married Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
  2. Maria Ambrosia de la Concepción o Austrick, Infanta o Spain (7 December 1655 – 21 December 1655) died young.
  3. Felipe Próspero o Austria, Infante of Spain, Prince of Asturias (28 November 1657 – 1 November 1661) died in infancy.
  4. Fernando Tomás Carlos of Austria, Infante of Spain (23 December 1658 – 22 October 1659) died in infancy.
  5. Charles II of Spain (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) married (1) Marie Louise d'Orléans but had no children, married (2) Maria Anna of Neuburg but had no children. Last Habsburg king of Spain.


Arms[edit]

Honours[edit]

  • Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross (Austria)